Nelson is a great place for shopping with more than 320 stores, award-winning cafés and restaurants. Visitors can enjoy an assortment of fashion boutiques, retail stores, jewellery, specialty stores, souvenir outlets, international chain stores, galleries and, of course, our famous Saturday Market.

Nelson’s compact city centre allows for easy exploration by foot, and provides a relaxed shopping and browsing experience. There are three large and accessible car parks to take the headache out of parking and help to make retail browsing a stress free experience.

Typical Nelson city shop trading hours are:

Monday – Friday 9.00 am till 5.30 pm

Saturday – 10.00 am till 2.00 pm

Some local and national chain stores are open until 5.30 pm on Saturday and many also open on Sunday.

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Nelson City Street Art Book

The Nelson City Street Art book was released in October 2014 as a hard copy book and as a FREE online resource for locals and tourists. The book has a collection of the street art in Nelson City and Victory Community up to date as of September 2014. A self-guided map comes with the book and can be downloaded online. The online version will be updated yearly.

The book is available for purchase from Page & Blackmore’s Bookshop in Trafalgar Street, or Craig Potton’s Gallery at 255 Hardy Street. You can also borrow the book from the Nelson Public Library.